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20 AirJelly alternatives

AirJelly: Always-on desktop AI that watches your workflow locally, builds a searchable timeline of your work, and acts before you ask. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Desktop App, Local-First and Personal Assistant, ranked by how much they have in common with AirJelly.

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  1. coconutStudio

    A native macOS notes app that parks notes along your screen edge and keeps an AI agent inside them, encrypted on-device.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Personal Assistant, Privacy

  2. Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  3. Meridiona

    An open-source work journal that records your day on-device and drafts the status update for you — nothing leaves the machine until you approve a worklog.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  4. Different AI

    Open-source desktop app and MCP for running AI agents on your own files, an open alternative to Claude Cowork.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  5. Aside Computer Inc.

    AI browser that runs real tasks inside your logged-in accounts, with credentials sealed in an on-device vault the agent never reads.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  6. Menlo Research

    An open-source, offline-first ChatGPT alternative that runs models on your own computer.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  7. A free, local, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own machine — a privacy-first alternative to v0, Lovable, and Bolt with no vendor lock-in and bring-your-own API keys.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy

  8. Google Labs

    Google Labs' household agent: a shared daily brief across up to six family members, with calendars, tasks, meal plans and school paperwork handled for them.

    Also: Personal Assistant, Productivity

  9. Cartasec Pte. Ltd.

    AI email client from the Canary Mail team that sorts your inbox into Needs You, FYI and Noise, pulls out tasks, and flags phishing.

    Also: Personal Assistant, Productivity

  10. A Y Combinator-backed AI coworker you text from Slack or iMessage: it runs on its own cloud computer, signed into your tools, and keeps a self-updating company wiki as its memory.

    Also: Personal Assistant, Productivity

  11. Felafax, Inc.

    Free, open-source desktop browser that coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor drive using your real logged-in accounts.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First

  12. TinyHumans AI

    Open-source desktop AI agent that builds a local, readable memory of your work, then orchestrates agent fleets and durable workflows on top of it.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First

  13. Pieces (formerly Pieces for Developers) is a desktop app that records your work on-device and makes it searchable for you and your AI tools.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First

  14. EGOIST

    A fast, local-first desktop AI chat client that works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models, with markdown and LaTeX rendering, web search, image generation, and MCP tool support.

    Also: Desktop App, Local-First

  15. Anthropic

    Anthropic's desktop agent for non-coding knowledge work: point it at a folder, describe the outcome, and it does the multi-step work itself.

    Also: Desktop App, Personal Assistant

  16. macOS assistant that works at your cursor — rewrite selected text in place, dictate into any field, and explain whatever is on screen, without switching to a chat tab.

    Also: Desktop App, Personal Assistant

  17. Raycast

    Raycast AI combines leading models with powerful extensions - right on your OS

    Also: Desktop App, Personal Assistant

  18. Andrew Ng

    Andrew Ng's open-source desktop AI coworker that delivers finished work, not just chat replies.

    Also: Desktop App, Personal Assistant

  19. All-in-one AI assistant. Personalized, fast and free.

    Also: Desktop App, Personal Assistant

  20. A polished desktop app for discovering, running, and chatting with local language models — no terminal required.

    Also: Desktop App, Privacy